Misal pav Recipe | Maharashtrian Misal pav Recipe

How about a hot, spicy bowl of missal with pav?Misal pav is the most wholesome breakfast you could ask for.

Misal pav is a traditional Maharashtrian breakfast recipe which is known for its extra spicy taste and heat. You may find it as a street food on well known pathways of Mumbai. Though the city is known for its diverse street foods available there its quiet notable that pav has become an integral part of most of the Mumbaiya food. Pav bhaji,Vada pav, Misal pav,dabheli are the identified food items sold by hawkers on Mumbai streets.Curries,vadas,fritters paired with pav or buns are what you call them all. The super speedy life of Mumbai might have found these pav as a most convenient food to go with. It is for sure “Pair it with a spicy side and get to go” kind of meal.

Misal pav is simply a lentil curry paired with pav. The lentil curry is made up of sprouted matki beans or sprouted mixed beans .While serving this spicy curry is to be garnished with chivda mix,sev,chopped onion, tomatoes and coriander and should be dished up with pav.Sambharvadi is another Maharashtrian street food You will love to try.

I love lentil curries in our meal ,I don’t make it that spicy though. Sprouted beans curry is such a wholesome and protein rich side dish for your everyday meal too. I make this Misal pav often when I find myself in “nothing in fridge” situation.

Ingredients :

Sprouted matki bean or sprouted mixed beans 11/2 cup

Oil 3 tbsp

Mustard and cumin seeds 1 tsp

Asafetida ½ tsp

Dry red chilies 2

Onion chopped 1 tbsp

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Red chili powder ½ tsp

Curry leaves 5-6

Ginger and garlic paste1/2 tbsp

Tomatoes chopped 2 tbsp

Garam masala 1tsp

Pav buns 6

Salt as per taste

For topping

Sev or chivda mix ¾ cup

Onions finely chopped 1cup

Tomatoes finely chopped 1 cup

Coriander leaves chopped 1tbsp

Lemon slices

Procedure :

1.Wash matki and other beans thoroughly, soak overnight ,drain and sprout them by binding in a cloth . 2.Pressure cook sprouts with turmeric and a pinch of salt for 2 full whistles.

3.Heat oil in a pan and temper it with cumin and mustard seeds and hing.Once it crackles add onion, ginger garlic paste and fry till golden brown. Add curry leaves,chillis and turmeric powder.